Windows 10 Microsoft releases tool to hide or block updates
Tool for hide or block Windows updates
This tool will not be included directly with Windows 10 in the first wave of update but is already available for download on this page .
It is, moreover, one of the points of the system operating conditions. Specifically, those that install Familly version of WIndows 10 does not have the choice, while the Pro version will have little flexibility and will be able to push that installation.
This policy is accompanied by several channels to deploy Windows Update and, in some ways by forcing the automatic installation of patches, it allows Microsoft to assert that it is therefore the version of Windows more secure.
However, the situation can be binding when the driver of a manufacturer or a bug present an update provided by Microsoft is also a problem. Testers of Windows 10 included pointed a faulty driver offered by NVIDIA.
This policy is accompanied by several channels to deploy Windows Update and, in some ways by forcing the automatic installation of patches, it allows Microsoft to assert that it is therefore the version of Windows more secure.
However, the situation can be binding when the driver of a manufacturer or a bug present an update provided by Microsoft is also a problem. Testers of Windows 10 included pointed a faulty driver offered by NVIDIA.
Microsoft has not officially communicated on the subject, he has just released a tool to block the automatic installation of windows updates.
Note that this utility target Windows users Preview release 10 but it works on the latest version (RTM) 10240.
The application proposes to hide updates not installing them. It is thus possible to block the downloading of printer drivers, network cards, security patches or new definitions of Windows Defender antivirus.
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